tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296072451123411896.post8144461421277708476..comments2014-12-11T22:11:47.714+01:00Comments on Shy at WoW: The current state of healingVanessahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03904742253394231819noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296072451123411896.post-15624994437164084452012-11-29T16:08:18.279+01:002012-11-29T16:08:18.279+01:00I had regulars eventually, but less problems overa...I had regulars eventually, but less problems overall with heals...that was oddly phrased. Shyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03904742253394231819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296072451123411896.post-45974830411275942642012-11-29T15:44:07.397+01:002012-11-29T15:44:07.397+01:00Oh, I know. I organized a pug 25man each Sunday fr...Oh, I know. I organized a pug 25man each Sunday from start of Ulduar until the end of ICC. And while I eventually had quite a few regulars eventually we seemed to have less of a problem with the heals. <br /><br />Also maybe because people would be more willing to switch to their offspec? If you get joined in the wrong spec now there is no chance for offspec gear, so dps with a healing offspec will not join as heals. <br /><br />I personally still miss the action from ICC :)Shyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03904742253394231819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296072451123411896.post-35453981986722031742012-11-29T11:20:43.387+01:002012-11-29T11:20:43.387+01:00@Shy, LFR was not there in Wrath and I think LFD h...@Shy, LFR was not there in Wrath and I think LFD has traditionally lacked both tanks and healers. Although maybe there are players who did not play during ICC but would appreciate the healing model more than the current one?<br /><br />I wonder if there is a way to give both groups of healers the model they want...Imakulatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18327043103775428011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296072451123411896.post-4515794509171215222012-11-28T16:59:33.997+01:002012-11-28T16:59:33.997+01:00I was very impressed by this post. I loved Icecro...I was very impressed by this post. I loved Icecrown. Still my favorite raid ever! I was more excited to get LK down on normal, then I was when I got Deathwing down on Heroic. There are two major reasons for that. One, I love tank healing, and I loved being the class that best did that. When they made all the healers able to fill all the roles, they made it so I was forced to heal in ways I dont want to. I can get over this change, because adjustment is part of the game, but I miss the days of if I didn&#39;t do my job, the tank died, the raid wiped, and I knew it was my fault. Nowadays, if tank dies, all the healers blame someone else, because nobody is really &quot;in charge&quot; of keeping the tanks up. Second, I felt I was a master at split second decisions. I did triage, not because blizzard made me, but because it was the best way to maximize your healing output. And even at the very end, when my pally became a Holy Light spammer, I still had to make sure I was flawless in my approach, because one missed heal could mean a tank wipe. I knew what my job was, I knew how to measure it, and when we got LK down, I knew I played a big role, because keeping tanks up on LK was really hard. I agree with what you said, and wish blizzard would reanalyze the healing system, because my last woah moment was doing a cata dungeon a month after release with four people because one dropped and we couldn&#39;t get a fifth, so we just four manned it. I miss the woah moments.Jared Briggshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14855417117452374451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296072451123411896.post-56698602307362083512012-11-28T10:39:23.600+01:002012-11-28T10:39:23.600+01:00Thanks :) I definitely recognize that this is some...Thanks :) I definitely recognize that this is something that people might like. However, there is a shortage of healers. <br /><br />Every time I queue for an LFR it&#39;s the healers that we&#39;re waiting for. And I have guildies asking me if I could please let them know when I go so they can join with me. <br /><br />And to me it has seemed that this healer shortage has set in since wrath. So if it is not the healing style, what then?Shyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03904742253394231819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296072451123411896.post-83962753363000509602012-11-27T15:53:39.995+01:002012-11-27T15:53:39.995+01:00Interesting, it felt the opposite for me. If I com...Interesting, it felt the opposite for me. If I compare patches 3.3 and 4.0, I felt that I had no ability to compensate in ICC but had it in T11. Maybe it&#39;s because of the class I played (paladin), maybe it&#39;s because I didn&#39;t have what was needed to plan the whole encounter...<br /><br />I&#39;m hoping saying this doesn&#39;t make you feel bad but my interest about MoP healing is definitely piqued. Although I&#39;m hoping Blizzard will change it so it will be fun for you too. :)Imakulatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18327043103775428011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296072451123411896.post-35598999234800215572012-11-26T10:44:52.762+01:002012-11-26T10:44:52.762+01:00Yeah, to me it just felt as if I was just standing...Yeah, to me it just felt as if I was just standing around half the time doing nothing.<br /><br />And some fights it still feels like that. Waiting, standing around to save my mana. So that I can push my button at 2.45 into the fight when the developers exactly planned for it. <br /><br />I loved ICC, but I don&#39;t mind less strain. I do mind not having options at all the save people. Everything, every fight, the whole fight feels pre-planned now. And if people take a step out of the planning...well, too bad, no compensation. Less bad now than in Cata, but still pretty much that. <br /><br />Maybe a middle road has to be found somewhere. Shyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03904742253394231819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296072451123411896.post-13723686184332019902012-11-22T18:28:13.113+01:002012-11-22T18:28:13.113+01:00I&#39;d like to say while I didn&#39;t experience ...I&#39;d like to say while I didn&#39;t experience MoP yet, I liked the early Cata model for a simple reason: I see a problem with the &quot;I want to experience a woah moment and be a saviour&quot; argument. I can&#39;t speak for others but I simply can&#39;t experience a woah moment more than a couple of times during a boss fight. If I&#39;m forced to - as was the case during ICC - it ceases to be a woah moment and becomes business as usual instead. I saved someone from a brink of death every couple of seconds but none of the saves were woah. On the other hand, the saves in T11 felt important because I felt I had to sacrifice something (the ability to save someone in the future).Imakulatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18327043103775428011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296072451123411896.post-90553245490860346992012-11-22T07:07:13.124+01:002012-11-22T07:07:13.124+01:00It definitely sounds as something I may want to tr...It definitely sounds as something I may want to try :)<br /><br />On the other hand, my main reason for playing WoW still are my friends and my guild. After playing together for several years, and also meeting at least half of them for real, I wouldn&#39;t want to leave them behind. <br /><br />Shyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03904742253394231819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296072451123411896.post-49501276679865834482012-11-21T15:56:01.655+01:002012-11-21T15:56:01.655+01:00I&#39;m not sure if WoW can provide what you are l...I&#39;m not sure if WoW can provide what you are looking for without a total overhaul.<br />What you may find more enjoyable is the healing style used in The Secret World:<br />Healers have to stack the Heal stat, which means other roles are inneffective at healing unless they completely nerf themselves.<br />You don&#39;t have mana, you cast small heals on cooldown, to build resources (max 5) which you then spend on larger &quot;consumer&quot; heals. Intermitantly you can use cooldowns for free (often saved for those &quot;wow&quot; moments when things go wrong)<br />You mix and match seven active abilities and seven passive abilities. Meaning it&#39;s all about bringing the right tools for the job and building best synergy with your limited abilities.<br />I will admit that the healing becomes trivial as soon as you outgear content, but I enjoyed it more than WoW healing.<br /><br />I can see some similarities between Mistweavers and this style, but it&#39;s still pretty far off.Civinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296072451123411896.post-46379817457173706692012-11-20T07:05:53.691+01:002012-11-20T07:05:53.691+01:00I managed to grab myself 4 healer baggies in a row...I managed to grab myself 4 healer baggies in a row the other day. Shyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03904742253394231819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296072451123411896.post-89090811703789339872012-11-20T00:05:44.009+01:002012-11-20T00:05:44.009+01:00The specific server / server group must have a lot...The specific server / server group must have a lot to do with the queues. I have not seen a Healer goody bag since I hit 90. Ever. Tank ones are always up tho. (Shadow Council-US, Alliance)Saunderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18159602222579704106noreply@blogger.com